[dannichols1474]

I received the new gas struts for my rear decklid and front hood today.

The new struts for the front hood worked fine.

The new strut for the rear decklid wouldn't hold up the decklid. I re-installed the Rennline mechanical strut I had purchased last week, adjusted the hood stop buffers and then the rear decklid worked fine also.

Next I pulled out the old rear decklid gas strut and compared it to the one I hard just received and the part numbers were different. I had forgotten that there are 2 versions of the gas strut - a 300N standard version / 911-512-331-01 and a 600N heavy duty version / 911-512-331-02.

My car has 1 strut on the rear decklid, so it needs the 600N version. Other 911's that have 2 struts on the rear decklid can use the 300N version.

For me, ever since Pelican Parts updated their online ordering website a few years ago I have found it more difficult to find the correct parts for my 75 Carrera. The old version of the website would list both versions of the strut and a description of which version was used in which application. The current version of the website lists just the -01 version of the strut until I clicked on the view catalog button and then both the -01 and -02 versions were displayed. Frustrating.